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UpStart’s Dec 5th Virtual Mentor Night focuses on Market Study

Virtual Mentor Nights, pairs entrepreneurs with industry experts and executives for advising sessions on curated topics, including marketing, human resources, and industry-specific subjects. With the personalized approach and an easy remote meeting setup, UpStart Maine expects sessions will fill up quickly. The December session will focus on Market Study – how do you analyze the …

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Elevating Entrepreneurship: UpStart Maine Welcomes Rebecca Jones as Senior Program Manager

UpStart Maine’s Board of Directors is delighted to announce a pivotal addition to UpStart Maine’s team — Rebecca Jones, our newly appointed Senior Program Manager. UpStart Maine, established in 2016 as a 501(c)3 organization, is a premier innovation hub connecting entrepreneurs statewide, UpStart has been steadfast in its mission to construct a comprehensive resource hub …

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Featured Founder: True North Beauty

Featured Founder: True North Beauty

So, you’re wondering how to break into the luxury skincare market? Most business advisors won’t recommend you base your operations in the far north woods of Maine. And they may raise a brow when you tell them your active ingredient is a rare mushroom. Fortunately for Heather Lux, business advisors at UpStart Maine love to help entrepreneurs like her launch innovative products from unlikely places.

Lessons Learned with Bub ‘n Mutha’s

From Bub ‘n Mutha’s Start in 2018 until now, owner John Fuhrman has learned how to adapt and use consistency to stay successful and grow connections for his award winning dry rubs, even through a world-wide pandemic. Below he shares how he showed up in times that mattered, causing Bub ‘n Mutha’s to be poised to prosper.